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Workshop

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2013Time: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location: University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NYInstructor: Thomas F. R. Clareson is Senior Consultant for Digital & Preservation Services, LYRASISDescription: This workshop will help your institution get started in the development of a digital program. The workshop covers tools you can use for scanning; basic hardware, software, and metadata issues; use of in-house or outsourced services to digitize; collaborative digitization; and practical planning decisions for staffing and budgeting for digital activities. A special focus on digital projects of interest from around the MARAC region is planned.

About MARAC

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) is a professional organization for archivists who live and work in the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia, and in the District of Columbia.